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Tumbling oil and ore prices took the wind out of investors’ sails on Tuesday, with losses for big miners BHP, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals ensuring the Australian sharemarket finished …
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Australia’s sharemarket joined a synchronised global rally on Thursday as the prospect of thawing relations between Russia and Ukraine nudged global investors back towards riskier assets. Local traders were swept …
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The major banks and a surging tech sector helped the Australian sharemarket stage a surprising rebound on Wednesday as gold and lithium miners emerged as the major beneficiaries of the …
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Australia’s mining and energy titans came crashing down on Tuesday as the seemingly limitless surge in energy prices sent inflation alarm bells ringing. War in Ukraine – and the mounting …
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War in Ukraine and the associated commodity price surge has again worked in the favour of Australia’s energy and mining titans, with a rocketing resources sector helping the local sharemarket …
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Surging oil and metals prices helped Australia’s dominant resources sector defy wider sharemarket unease on Wednesday and drag the local bourse to another narrow gain. Investors flocked to the nation’s …
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An opportunity to lead the world on cryptocurrency will pass Australia by unless the government and its financial agencies do not pick up the pace. In the keynote address to …
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The Australian sharemarket managed to close a smidgen higher in a volatile trading session following the previous day’s bloodbath, with a surprisingly positive lead from Wall Street behind the recovery. …
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Gerry Harvey’s retail empire has suffered its first loss of the pandemic but investors are nonetheless impressed with how Harvey Norman has emerged out of lockdown. Shares in the $6.4 …
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A war-wounded sharemarket is clawing back lost ground – mimicking overnight gains on Wall Street – with local technology and payment stocks leading the Friday morning charge. The benchmark ASX …
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